Question

【題目】

Some people are great at remembering faces. Once they meet you, they never forget how you look. For some people, remembering a face can be difficult. You may have to meet them several times before they can recognize you. For others, remembering a face is simply impossible. Such people have a condition of the brain called “face blindness.” Its actual name is developmental prosopagnosia, or DP for short.

Experts say there are great differences between patients. In less severe conditions, people are unable to describe the face of someone they have just met. In severe conditions, people cannot even recognize their own kids in a group photograph.

Many people who have DP show no clear signs. Dacia Reid is one of them. If you met her, you probably would not know that her brain got injured as a child. There would be no sign of it until you meet her a second time. She would not remember how you looked. Reid has mostly got well from her injuries. But now, she suffers from face blindness.

The latest study on face blindness come from the Prosopagnosia Research Centers at Dartmouth College in the United States. The researchers studied how people recognize faces. They compared 22 patients with DP to 25 other people. The researchers showed them videos of faces, bodies, physical objects and other things. They found that people with DP may not have been able to remember faces, but they could recognize scenes, bodies and other things.

The researchers say this study on face blindness will not directly lead to any treatments. However, it could lead to a deeper understanding of how we all remember the world around us. “We hope that by really developing and understanding face processing itself — that will provide us with a model for understanding how other parts of the brain work.”

【1】The underlined word “severe” in Paragraph 2 probably means “ ”.

A.importantB.seriousC.popularD.different

【2】The writer explains the underlined sentence in paragraph 3 by _______.

A.making a researchB.having a discussion

C.giving an exampleD.doing an experiment

【3】From the passage we know patients with DP _______.

A.can easily keep everything in memory

B.have trouble in remembering faces

C.are unable to remember anything they’ve seen

D.never forget how you look once they meet you

【4】The writer wrote this passage in order to ________.

A.introduce DP and the research about it

B.describe how to avoid suffering from DP

C.encourage people to help patients with DP

D.explain why people suffer from face blindness

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】C

【3】B

【4】A

【解析】

本文主要講述了關于臉盲癥內(nèi)容，介紹了什么是臉盲癥，以及臉盲癥的具體表現(xiàn)；文中同時提到了科學家們對臉盲癥的研究，讓我們理解我們是如何記住周圍的人和物的。

【1】詞義猜測題。根據(jù)In severe conditions, people cannot even recognize their own kids in a group photograph.可知，人們甚至不能認出他們自己的孩子在集體照片，這種情況屬于嚴重的臉盲癥。所以此處severe意為“嚴重的”。故選B。

【2】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Dacia Reid is one of them.可知，Dacia Reid的這些人當中的一個，所以此處是舉例說明。故選C。

【3】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)For others, remembering a face is simply impossible. Such people have a condition of the brain called “face blindness.” Its actual name is developmental prosopagnosia, or DP for short. 對于其他人來說，記住一張臉是完全不可能的。 這種人的大腦狀況叫做“臉盲癥” 它的實際名字是發(fā)育性臉盲癥，簡稱 DP�？芍�，患有臉盲癥的人記住別人的臉很困難。故選B。

【4】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Its actual name is developmental prosopagnosia, or DP for short. 它的實際名字是發(fā)育性臉盲癥，簡稱 DP。The researchers say this study on face blindness will not directly lead to any treatments. However, it could lead to a deeper understanding of how we all remember the world around us.研究人員說，這項關于臉盲癥的研究不會直接導致任何治療。 然而，它可以讓我們更深刻地理解我們是如何記住我們周圍的世界的�？芍�，文章介紹了什么是“臉盲癥”，以及科學家們對此進行研究

的相關內(nèi)容。故選A。